An Audience with May McFettridge

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I play a wee woman who finds out she’s clairvoyant and all the spirits come through her… brandy, whiskey and vodka,” said John laughing. Staged by the world’s largest pantomime producer, Qdos Entertainment, the pantomime follows the story of Belle as she finds herself transported to a cursed castle and held captive by a hideous Beast. And, I think that in bringing May McFettridge to perform opera in the Opera House, Belfast will get a debut as noteworthy as Pavarotti’s here back in 1963. Following 30 years of performing pantomime, May’s operatic debut is as the role of Frosch the Jailer in Die Fledermaus.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The show was part of lur Cinn Fleadh, an annual traditional Irish music and community festival in Newry City, County Down.

Linehan has, in character, been a long-running feature on local radio and television, as well as a regular pantomime dame. May is, of course, well-known for her signature look - bright blue eyeshadow and wonkily-applied red lipstick. Recognised as one of the greatest character acts to emerge from Northern Ireland, May’s unique ability to involve audience members in her shows have made her one of the most popular and best loved comic performers in the country. As a hr professional, I am constantly reminding colleagues that it is highly likely we will all be working until 70 or 80 years of age.

Linehan invented the name and the character by ad libbing — the first name being that of his mother-in-law and the surname being that of an Antrim hurler by the name of Olcan McFettridge, whose exploits in a National Hurling League game had made headlines in the local newspaper, The Irish News, which happened to be beside Linehan when put on the spot. It is 36 years since May McFettridge burst onto Ulster’s entertainment scene, a gap-toothed, pop-sock wearing wee woman from north Belfast, with trowelled on make-up and a tongue so sharp it could strip paint off Stormont’s walls. Depeche Mode delivered an electrifying performance in Birmingham on January 24th, showcasing their musical prowess in a spectacular manner.is the 145th anniversary of the premiere of Die Fledermaus, having first been performed in Vienna in 1874. I like to get the sun on my back, but the wife’s passport wasn’t up to date, so I was thinking of something to do. This was a very professional performance from start to finish with perfect casting of the main characters.

Northern Ireland’s very own queen of comedy, May McFettridge has earned a special place in the hearts of audiences young and old alike with her distinctive brand of affectionate but well aimed gibes and witticisms.It’s a fresh audience, they’ve not seen you before, and although we all know the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Cinderella and Peter Pan, stuff is written in (to the script) and you never know who gets mentioned. Any time I'm doing panto, I would walk into work at the Opera House, which is three miles from north Belfast. There was a great buzz of excitement about the theatre and young and old joined in the singing of the popular Disney songs Heigh Ho and Whistle While You Work. He is in his 30th year of entertaining children and adults in Belfast, by dressing up in ludicrous outfits to be the pantomime dame. Eamonn Holmes, a relative, had asked Linehan to phone his then radio show, to liven the programme up.

The panto is staged by Olivier award-winning producer Michael Harrison on behalf of Crossroads Pantomimes, the biggest pantomime producer in the world. Meet the Australian pop-rocker G Flip, who recently released their new single/music video, “Good Enough,” a track lifted from their latest album, DRUMMER. He is the resident host of the popular Pugs Comedy Club in Belfast and in early 2020 completed his first UK and Ireland tour with his second solo show DAD. A Happy Medium will tour across Northern Ireland with performances starting in the Grand Opera House, and plans for it to show in the Millennium Forum Theatre in Londonderry and Theatre at the Mill, Mossley. Linehan invented the name and the character by ad libbing — the first name being that of his mother-in-law and the surname being that of an Antrim hurler by the name of Olcan McFettridge, whose exploits in a National Hurling League game had made headlines in a local newspaper, which happened to be beside Linehan when put on the spot.In the last couple of years I've had surgery, including rotator cuff surgery, and that kept me at arm's length from the golf, so the last couple of years hasn't been great for golf. May McFettridge (John Linehan) brings to the part all the warmth, comedy and feeling for flawed humanity that she is famous for. It is year on year the best Panto provider in Belfast and Mrs May ought to be known worldwide as the best ever. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.